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CompTIA's IT Industry Outlook 2015 report predicts a better year for IT sales as well as IT solutions providers taking a more strategic approach to services and solutions.CompTIA says the channel will be challenged to focus on their own branding and marketing as well as on tech skills as consumer and enterprise use of technology continues to evolve.

Among all the possible takeaways for IT solutions providers in CompTIA’s Fifth Annual Trends in Cloud Computing, Carolyn April, senior director of industry analysis for CompTIA, says make sure you don’t miss these.

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The CompTIA paper, “The Mobility Ecosystem,” says mobility, a trend born in the consumer market, continues to increase in enterprise potential. Varied and complex, mobility introduces devices, applications, and connections different from those traditionally used in businesses.

CompTIA’s guide, “Accelerating Your Cloud Business a Practical Guide for Solution Providers,” explains how businesses can take advantage of opportunities in the cloud. Because solutions providers have gained their clients’ trust and have knowledge of their needs, they are in an excellent position to help their clients choose the best cloud options.

Among the resources on CompTIA’s website is the Quick Start Guide Understanding Your Balance Sheet. In addition to an explanation, in detail, of your balance sheet, the guide also lists some popular misconceptions about balance sheets.

According to CompTIA’s research brief The Cloud Computing Ecosystem, in many ways, cloud computing is nothing new. It has many similarities to existing models — such as time sharing and hosted systems. The cloud, however, offers speed and a platform on which new services can be built and provided to end users. In fact, services account for 57 percent of the U.S. IT and telecom industries. Building and providing these services, though, requires a wide knowledge base.

A company’s IT and business decisions are affected by dozens of regulations and standards. These can slow or even stall the decision making process. Successful IT solutions providers know which mandates a customer is subject to and how to bring them into compliance.

As social media becomes a significant part of business operations, enterprises question what role IT should play. Though marketing and communications are the primary objectives of social tools, these are carried out over the Internet, so naturally IT is expected to get involved

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A new initiative that embraces the information technology (IT) industry’s multi-generational workforce and promotes greater collaboration among generations was launched recently by CompTIA, the IT industry association.

CompTIA, the information technology (IT) industry association, announced recently its Advancing Women in IT Community will offer a series of free educational webinars in 2015 to promote the performance and productivity benefits businesses can realize by diversifying their workforce.

CompTIA, the information technology (IT) industry association and the leading provider of vendor-neutral skills certifications for the IT workforce, recently announced the latest addition to its CompTIA CertMaster portfolio.

Technology companies across the country say they intend to hire new staff over the next 12 months, but those plans may be sidetracked by a continuing shortage of qualified tech talent, according to a new survey released recently by the Technology Councils of North America (TECNA).